Expect legal review of the shortened timeline, possible early departure travel, and the cost of unwinding housing, schooling, or vehicle arrangements. If a new employer pursues a filing, its own government and preparation costs apply. Confirm current fee amounts from official sources rather than relying on earlier figures.
Ask who bears the unwinding costs before assuming
Whether the employer reimburses relocation, lease breakage, or return travel is a contractual question, often governed by a clawback clause tied to length of service. Read the offer letter and any relocation agreement before committing to a departure date. Whether a shortened assignment triggers repayment is a question to put to the employer directly, not something to predict.
The document that settles most reimbursement arguments is the relocation agreement rather than the offer letter, because a repayment clause tied to length of service usually sits there. Read it before naming a departure date, since a date chosen for immigration reasons can trigger a repayment obligation that has nothing to do with immigration. What goes wrong is treating estimates as commitments: figures quoted months earlier for government charges, a lease penalty assumed rather than read, a school term paid in advance and not refundable.
Ask the employer in writing which costs it will carry and by when, confirm current official amounts at the time of filing, and keep the immigration decision and the money decision on separate pages so that neither silently drives the other.